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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1991/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/43",
  "legislation_title": "Forestry Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1991",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Forestry Act 1991.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/43/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:37:05.337621+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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}